DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/28/2004 Duedate: 08/10/2004
IAYE ARENA
DM-30 TURN-479
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
THE ROCK
WRESTLMANIACS (73)
(30-4314) [9-1-1,107]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
THE ROCK TRIPLE-X
WRESTLMANIACS (73) LOVE LETTERS (428)
(30-4314) [9-1-1,107] (30-4452) [3-0-0,36]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SONORA SARA SONORA SARA
RED DOG GANG (356) RED DOG GANG (356)
(30-4411) [12-13-0,70] (30-4411) [12-13-0,70]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
RED DOG GANG (356)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. WRESTLMANIACS (73) 32
2. LOVE LETTERS (428) 16 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
3. RED DOG GANG (356) 7 Unchartered Team
4. PERFECT HARMONY (227) 0
LOVE LETTERS (428)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*LOVE LETTERS (428) 9 6 1 60.0 1/ 1 RED DOG GANG (356) 8 7 0
2/ 2 WRESTLMANIACS (73) 32 32 3 50.0 2/ 2 WRESTLMANIACS (73) 6 5 0
3- 3 PERFECT HARMONY (227) 68 86 6 44.2 3/ 3*LOVE LETTERS (428) 3 2 0
4/ 4 RED DOG GANG (356) 344 467 6 42.4 4- 4 PERFECT HARMONY (227) 1 0 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #9 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Andorian Edition
Aruak City:
If Segallion and Nila were under the control of the spell or spellcaster who had
seized her mirror, then they had to be stopped. Without needless injury--they had
not chosen to do Khaldren's will, after all. But her own mind, though free from
outside control, was weary and slow. She was fumbling as badly with her spells as
Segallion was with his sword. There wasn't going to be TIME for her stop him gently.
A word of Command formed on her lips.
The warrior staggered into her so that they both fell in a tangle of flailing
limbs. And his sword struck the blood-faced mirror, splitting the frame and
shattering the glass.
The glass exploded away from the mirror stand, bloody shards flying outward on a
wave of sound so shrill as to be barely audible. If Adie, Segallion, and Nila had
not all been on the floor, they might have been badly injured, even killed. Was it
chance that they were all below the deadly glass? Adie thought not. They were each
worshippers of the sun in their different ways, and she suspected the hand of the god
in their survival.
Rolling away from Segallion, Adie sat up, brushing at her hair and her robe
absently. When the mirror broke, she had felt a shadow lifting; that was the first
she had known that there was a level to the enemy spell below the obvious. She
shivered. She hadn't even suspected that deeper spell, and it could have done...
anything, it had taken her so completely by surprise. But she would not be surprised
a second time.
On the road from Ardivent:
"Health, humility, and honor will not solve all problems," Master Cho said
flatly. He had rejected the idea of hiring a horse and was making surprisingly good
time for an elderly-looking man on foot. "You know that as well as I do, Fandil!
Sometimes you need cunning, as well, and a willingness to take losses."
"I know that." Fandil the Wise sounded testy, and in truth he was very
irritated. On the most immediate level, by Cho's present attitude and by the ease
with which the Adantri kept up with Fandil's horse. "But young Adeolar is not a loss
I'm prepared to accept."
"Of course not, or why would we be rushing toward Aruak City instead of sitting
at home with beer?" Cho squinted at the forest on their right. There was a bad
feeling to it today. Most of the land that lay between the environs of Ardivent and
the beginning of the Aruaki lands was forested. Despite the hunger for agricultural
land in Andoria, no one had made an attempt to clear this forest and put the land
under the plow. Nobody offered reasons, it was just "not done." It didn't take a
master of the subtle arts to figure it out, though.
The forest was haunted.
Through a sweep of land twenty miles wide stretching from near Lyratilan to near
Mordant, the forest concealed a scattering of ruins. Not the Van ruins of northern
Andoria, or not entirely--who could know for sure at this late date? The ancient
city of Celestinvael was the best known in modern times, but there were other things
hidden by those dark and tangled trees. Maybe worse things. Things that might be
wakened by the same spell that was stirring Celestinvael.
It was not a situation to make an old man sleep soundly at night.
"I just hope we're in TIME to help Adeolar," Cho muttered.
"She's strong and skilled," Fandil protested. "Our fears may be completely
unfounded!"
"So you'll back Adeolar's young strength and skill against Khaldren's ages of
experience and cunning? I hope you're right, because at our best pace," he glanced
scornfully at Fandil's horse, "and with no problems, it'll take us two more days to
get to Aruak City."
Skaithvarn:
Shania Silverstar did her best to be patient, but it seemed to be taking Ashon
Chang so LONG to negotiate with the ship captain! She glanced around at her
companions, wondering if she could have organized her resources better for this
frantic rush back to Alastari. No, probably not.
Vurand and Jammies were keeping both eyes on Herlas; the Fratsfan mage hadn't
given them any trouble...yet, but he might. He would, when he thought he had a
chance to win. Werre was organizing their luggage and supplies (desperately slim
now) as fast as they were off-loaded from the mules. Zakar...she didn't know what
Zakar was doing, and she wasn't sure she wanted to. He was on their side, more or
less, but...today had seemed to be a "less" day. And Rughal was at her side,
supporting her as weariness ate at her bones.
Ashon Chang was gesturing them forward to the ship. Before Shania could gather
her strength to walk, Rughal lifted her and carried her down the dock. "It is
agreed," Ashon Chang said. "This man, Kaldinar, will sail us across the Trier to
Zorpunt."
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 246): GOLDENEYE of BONDAGE (Spawn, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 493): CHERRY CHEETAH of ANIMAL FARM (Mino, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 493): ZERO THE HERO of THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 486): ILSA SHE-WOLF of KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 482): CROCONAW of WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 482): MONKEY WRENCH of PRIMATES-R-US (Crip, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 483): NICKEL of ERRATUM (JE, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 478): DARK CHOCOLATE of RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 444): LEADFOOT of TACO GODS (The Oracle, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 437): MARS of WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 431): SILVER FURY of CYNICAL DELUSIONS (Eclipse, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 193): MUTILATE of ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.)
DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 342): LACHES of LEGALESE (The Judge, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 331): SEXTANT of SAILS OF CHARON (The Sentinel, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 148): CHEROKEE of CHIEFS' ELITE (Matrix, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 379): HELIO of ULTIMATE ACCELERATION from ARVAT (LHI, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 246): PHOENIX FIRE (Bobby Bigfoot, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 493): THE BLUES (Keldon Blackfang, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 493): THE DEATH SQUAD (Street Legal, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 486): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 482): WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 482): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 483): WARCKERS (Papaiz, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 478): RED DOG GANG (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 444): BEYOND THE PALE (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 437): WANDERERS (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 431): DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 193): ASSASSIN NATION (Ghab, mgr.)
DM 60 LOOPHOLES (turn 342): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 331): WAYFARERS (Leeta, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 148): CHIEFS' ELITE (Matrix, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 379): RISEN FROM THE DEAD, etc. (LHI, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 245): MISS STEP of LADIES IN WAITING (Crip, mgr.)
GREY FOX of A.K.A. (?, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 493): NIXIE SEASPRITE of SCARLET KNIGHTS (Talon Warsmith)
(turn 492): BARK of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 482): CROCONAW of WATER DECK (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 483): AMEE of HEADBANGERS (Sablon-O-Vlad, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 431): BERKE of DEATHTONGUE (Technogeek, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Well, it looks like the Veteran Mercenary's been practicing! I don't know what
he'd do that for, it isn't like he's ambitious. Now, the Ambitious Guard could use
practice, but do you see HIM in the gym working out? As if!
Naturally, I won. My secret? I'm invincible. One taste of me and everyone
surrenders.
Dark Chocolate
SPY REPORT
Ready for some action-packed adventure, some thrills, chills and spills? Well
fergit it, cause this is the Spyreport for IAYE. MVP award for OUTBACK JACK?
WRESTLMANIACS' proud of him after beating VISITING ORC and getting 12 points. Talk
about yer big time losers! FREEDA got smashed by C-CUP, and lost 5 points! Was that
a tear I saw in THE ROCK's eye, as he took over Duelmastership? And wasn't DARK
CHOCOLATE fit to be tied! Who was the wiseguy that said IAYE's Duelmaster was paying
for drinks at The Wharf Rat? Don't look at me!
AAARRGH!!! I HATE SPYREPORTING!!! Sorry. I just had to say it. The warriors
of PERFECT HARMONY must be getting lonely. They were the most avoided team. Do you
guys know something that I don't? I don't know what WRESTLMANIACS' been doing. They
certainly haven't been accepting many fights from PERFECT HARMONY, that's fer sher.
Can WRESTLMANIACS' ROWDY RODDY be more popular than me? He was challenged the most,
but is that really the same?
Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other! Don't you guys ever give
it a break? What if they had a fight and nobody showed up? I'd be out of a job,
that's what!!!
Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand
wash. I gotta leave. IAYE is like such a dump, and you guys smell too much! I had
a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE ROCK 4314 9 1 1 107 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DARK CHOCOLATE 4412 14 11 1 78 RED DOG GANG (356)
SONORA SARA 4411 12 13 0 70 RED DOG GANG (356)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SAINT LUCIFER 2203 8 7 1 61 PERFECT HARMONY (227)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
OUTBACK JACK 672 8 6 2 50 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
ROWDY RODDY 621 7 7 0 36 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
TRIPLE-X 4452 3 0 0 36 LOVE LETTERS (428)
-JUDGEMENT DAY 2226 5 5 0 35 PERFECT HARMONY (227)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COCO B. WARE 685 7 6 0 27 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
C-CUP 4451 2 1 1 16 LOVE LETTERS (428)
-BALD ZEBRA 4402 2 0 0 16 PERFECT HARMONY (227)
S.T.D. 4487 2 0 0 16 LOVE LETTERS (428)
WILLETA 4502 1 0 0 12 RED DOG GANG (356)
GISSANNIAH 4486 1 3 0 8 RED DOG GANG (356)
DOUBLE-D 4449 2 1 0 7 LOVE LETTERS (428)
FREEDA 4485 1 3 0 6 RED DOG GANG (356)
XOXOXO 4488 0 2 0 2 LOVE LETTERS (428)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Outback Jack -- You have to be strong, Jack. "Outback" does not mean behind the barn
for a corn-shuck cigarette. (And if you're smoking those, no wonder you're
disoriented!) And it doesn't mean standing around idly wondering if maybe you ought
to do something, either. Good gods! Did you forget what style you are? I am
totally AMAZED that I jumped you. -- Sonora Sara
When they called that Jaywalker Ruthless, they weren't joking! I was just standing
there on the curb trying to decide what I wanted for lunch when this BLUR comes along
and SHOVES me out of the way so that I fall into the street in front of a beer wagon
(what a way to go!), and the next thing I know, I'm dead. Bummer. -- Ghost of Maddog
Billy
Coco B. Ware -- Uh, did you mistake me for Dark Chocolate? *I* am not cocoa! I'm
more a plain vanilla type, myself, actually. -- Freeda
P.S. It seems WRONG that a Dwarf should be TALLER than me.
Rowdy Roddy -- My, you are a CHAMPION teacher. Feel free to teach me five skills
(for which you have to not kill me) any time you want. -- Gissanniah
P.S. Is it just you wrestlers and us here? Where did everybody GO?
17 July 2004
I am currently trying to put together a favorites chart for AD warriors. I
desperately need help with this. What I need are style, favorite rhythm (ex.:
hi/low), favorite weapons, and tactics. What would be great is if you could send me
a copy of the invite with the warrior's name, id#, and arena blacked out. This way,
I can verify that this is an actual warrior. Minis will work, too!
For those interested, I have both a challenge style vs. style and a match-up style
vs. style chart. There's about 250 fights calculated in these charts, and I'll be
happy to send a copy to anyone who asks. You can contact me (if you're a free world
player) at: Rick Stringer, Merit/East, SCI, P.O. Box 500, Georgetown, DE 19947-0500.
If you're in prison, just send a diplo to: Baphomet, Mgr. Knights Templar (568), DM
#47--North Fork. (I also have a lot of other charts and info for anyone who wants
it.) Thanks!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
COCO B. WARE was bested by TRIPLE-X in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge fight.
XOXOXO was subdued by GISSANNIAH in a 2 minute novice's Challenge melee.
C-CUP defeated FREEDA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute amateur's Challenge duel.
DARK CHOCOLATE was overpowered by THE ROCK in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
SONORA SARA was viciously subdued by M. CHARDINEE in a action packed 5 minute brawl.
OUTBACK JACK devastated VISITING ORC in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
ROWDY RODDY defeated HAPPY PEASANT in a 3 minute expert vs. beginner melee.
DOUBLE-D lost to WILLETA in a 2 minute novice's duel.
S.T.D. won victory over SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 5 minute novice's duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 0 - 0 100 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 2 - 1 78 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 AIMED BLOW 6 - 3 - 1 67 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 2 - 0 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 TOTAL PARRY 7 - 5 - 0 58 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 18 - 13 - 1 58 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 9 - 0 55 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 9 - 0 53 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 4 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 3 - 0 40 |
Turn 479 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 4 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK THE ROCK 4314 9 1 1 107 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
PARRY-RIPOSTE DARK CHOCOLATE 4412 14 11 1 78 RED DOG GANG (356)
LUNGING ATTACK OUTBACK JACK 672 8 6 2 50 WRESTLMANIACS (73)
AIMED BLOW TRIPLE-X 4452 3 0 0 36 LOVE LETTERS (428)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SONORA SARA 4411. The most popular warrior this
turn was SONORA SARA 4411. The ten other most popular fighters were TRIPLE-X 4452,
C-CUP 4451, GISSANNIAH 4486, OUTBACK JACK 672, WILLETA 4502, XOXOXO 4488, DOUBLE-D
4449, THE ROCK 4314, ROWDY RODDY 621, and COCO B. WARE 685.
The least popular fighter this week was S.T.D. 4487. The other ten least popular
fighters were DARK CHOCOLATE 4412, FREEDA 4485, COCO B. WARE 685, ROWDY RODDY 621,
THE ROCK 4314, DOUBLE-D 4449, XOXOXO 4488, WILLETA 4502, OUTBACK JACK 672, and
GISSANNIAH 4486.